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Pros:

First two ingredients are named meat products

Cons:

Minimum acceptable meat content

The first two ingredients in this food are named meat products. The first is chicken, inclusive of water content (around 80%). Once this is removed, as it must be to create a dry product, the ingredient will weigh around 20% of its wet weight. As ingredients are listed in weight order, it is thus likely that this is not the true first ingredient in the food but would be more accurately placed further down the ingredient list. Since it is followed by a meat meal ingredient (already dehydrated), however, this does not cause concern in respect of the overall meat content of the food.

There is a further meat meal ingredient 8th on the ingredient list. This is too far down to make a substantial contribution to the overall meat content of the food. We note also that this is a fish meal ingredient, but find no sign on the manufacturers website of a guarantee that they purchase only ethoxyquin-free ingredients (ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative commonly added to fish ingredients and which is banned or heavily regulated in human food production due to the belief that it is carcinogenic).

There are three grain ingredients, plus potatoes behind the main meat ingredient and ahead of the fat content. These are all decent quality ingredients and good carbohydrate sources, but the food starts to appear excessively heavy in grain content and light in meat. Tomato pomace is primarily filler.

We appreciate the range of whole fruits/vegetables in the food and the good range of probiotics. Black malted barley, however, is an unneccessary source of sugar and likely to contribute to yeast problems.